On August 2, the United States media reported that Al-Qaeda leader Abu Ayman al-Zawahiri had been killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan.
"There were drones flying over Kabul for the past few days, and there were explosions heard but people did not know what it was until the killing of Al-Zawahiri was made public," a Journalist in Afghanistan told KurdSat English.
Earlier, Pajhwok Afghan News reported an airstrike in Kabul's Sherpur neighborhood and cited the interior ministry that there were no casualties.
The Al-Qaeda chief was killed in Kabul's Sherpur locality, a diplomatic enclave where most of the Taliban leaders live.
This raises questions regarding the Taliban's commitment to the Doha Agreement, in which it promises not to allow its territory to be used to threaten other nations.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said al-Zawahiri's presence in Kabul "grossly violated the Doha Agreement and repeated assurances to the world that they would not allow Afghan territory to be used by terrorists to threaten the security of other countries."
"It's near a grocery store, near a bank, and a main street. It is an area where previous warlords, governors and ministers have lived under the previous government. It is not anywhere hidden," Blinken added.
An Egyptian surgeon with a $25m bounty on his head, al-Zawahiri, helped coordinate the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US that killed nearly 3,000 people.
In a statement, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said al-Zawahiri's presence in Kabul "grossly violated the Doha Agreement and repeated assurances to the world that they would not allow Afghan territory to be used by terrorists to threaten the security of other countries."
The Taliban confirmed the attack in Kabul without naming al-Zawahiri, and condemned it as a "violation of international principles."
Al-Zawahiri was killed on Sunday in the biggest blow to the group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.